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		<title>Teller, Edward -- &#8220;Atom Alphabet,&#8221; Alamogordo Daily News (14 Nov 1957)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A stands for atom; it is so small No one has ever seen it at all. B stands for bombs; the bombs are much bigger. So, brother, do not be too fast on the trigger. F stands for fission; that is what things do When they get wobbly and big and must split in two. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>A</em> stands for atom; it is so small<br />
No one has ever seen it at all.</p>
<p><em>B</em> stands for bombs; the bombs are much bigger.<br />
So, brother, do not be too fast on the trigger.</p>
<p><em>F</em> stands for fission; that is what things do<br />
When they get wobbly and big and must split in two.<br />
And just to confound the atomic confusion<br />
What fission has done may be undone by fusion.</p>
<p><em>H</em> has become a most ominous letter;<br />
It means something bigger, if not something better.</p>
<p><em>S</em> stands for secret; you can keep it forever —<br />
Provided there&#8217;s no one abroad who is clever.</p>
<br><b>Edward Teller</b> (1908-2003) Hungarian-American theoretical physicist <br>&#8220;Atom Alphabet,&#8221; <i>Alamogordo Daily News</i> (14 Nov 1957) 
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Attributed to Teller, as composed for his children. More discussion and sources: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/unsong/comments/4pzyvq/edward_tellers_atom_alphabet_1946/">Edward Teller's "Atom Alphabet" (<=1946) : unsong</a>.
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